Ramnit Trojan reveals overlooked seasonal threat to the enterprise

A seasonal pattern to malware attacks emerges from analysis of the Ramnit banking Trojan according to researchers at Check Point

Ramnit has doubled its global impact during the summer, pushing the Trojan into sixth place in the Global Threat Index. More than 100,000 infections were spotted at the start of the summer. So, why might the summer be such a productive season for the criminals behind such campaigns?